disambiguate
dis-am-big-yoo-eyt
verb
To remove the ambiguity from; make unambiguous.
duplicity
doo-pliss-uh-tee
noun
The disguising of true intentions by deceptive words or action.
euthenics
yoo-then-iks
noun
A science concerned with bettering the condition of human beings through the improvement of their environment.
execrate
ek-suh-krayt
verb
1. To declare to be evil or detestable, denounce.
2. To detest utterly.
favonian
fuh-voh-nee-uhn
adjective
1. Of or pertaining to the West.
2. Mild or favorable, propitious.
grok
grok
verb
1. To understand thoroughly and intuitively.
2. To communicate sympathetically.
hemidemiseemiquaver
hem-ee-dem-ee-sem-ee-kwey-ver
noun
1. [Music]. Chiefly British. a sixty-fourth note.
hobbyhorse
hah-bee-horss
noun
A topic to which one constantly reverts.
hypocroism
hahy-pok-uh-riz-uhm
noun
1. A pet name.
2. The practice of using a pet name.
lacinate
luh-sin-ee-eyt
adjective
[Botany, Zoology]. Cut into narrow. irregular lobes, slashed, jagged.
lese-majeste
vay-maj-uh-stee
noun
1. An offense violating the dignity of a sovereign.
2. A detraction from or an affront to dignity or importance.
mot juste
moh-zhyst
noun
The exact appropriate word.
noosphere
noh-uh-sfeer
noun
[Ecology]. The biosphere including and modified by such human activities as agriculture, forestry, animal husbandry, urbanization, and industrialization.
previse
pri-vahyz
verb
1. To foresee.
2. To forewarn.
panegyric
pan-i-jir-ik
noun
1. A lofty oration or writing in praise of a person or thing, eulogy.
2. Formal or elaborate praise.
philosophaster
noun
A person who pretends to know more than they do to impress others.
philosophunculist
noun
A person who pretends to know more than they do to impress others.
philososphincter
noun
A person who has an inability to discern the difference between education and intelligence.
steampunk
steem-punk
noun
Science fiction dealing with 19th-century societies dominated by historical or imagined steam-powered technology.
tautology
taw-tol-uh-jee
noun
1. Needless repetition of an idea, especially in words other than those of the immediate context, without imparting additional force or clearness, as in "widow woman."
2. An instance of such repetition.
tumultuary
too-muhl-choo-er-ee
adjective
1. Confused, disorderly, haphazard, tumultuary habits of studying.
2. Tumultuous, turbulent.
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let's see if they catch the neology
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